THOMAS RUFF

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nudes

1999—
In terms of photographic history, nude photography is a traditional genre that has existed since the dawn of the medium. But due to the rapid spread of the Internet, the circulation of such images underwent a great change in the mid-’90s. Ruff, who at the time had begun searching the Net for digital images, obtained various kinds of nude pictures from porn websites to produce this series. By thoroughly manipulating them with a computer to alter the color tones and make them extremely blurry, Ruff processed the images to such a degree that the composition of the nudes was hardly recognizable.